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Guinea-Bissau: Parliament is dissolved by the president

Written byPaula Góes
Posted 5 August 2008 21:56 GMT

Duarte Figueiredo [pt] echoes the piece of news that the President of Guinea-Bissau, Joao Bernardo “Nino” Vieira, decided on the dissolution of the National Parliament today, “given the serious institutional crisis” that the country faces. Elections take place on November 16.

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